Machine for boxing matches.



M. PARIDON & J. H. WEAVER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1913.

1,086,332,, Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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' INVENTO'RJ WITNESS 5 M. PARIDON & J. H. WEAVER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZL'), 1913.

M. PARIDON & J. H. WEAVER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 25, 1913.

1,08%332. Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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Win/E555 INVENTOJA Md Z.

M. PARIDON 6: J. H. WEAVER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY25,1913.

1,086,332. I Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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7 WITNESSES 1* INVENTORJ M. PARIDON & J. H. WEAVER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1913.

1,98%332a I Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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'United States, residing, Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL PARIDON, OF BARBERTON, AND JAMES H. WEAVER, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE OHIO MATCH COMPANY, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO, A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

MACHINE ron BOXING MATCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Original application filed April 4, 1913, Serial No. 758,889. Divided and this application filed July 25, 1913.

Serial No. 781,219.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL PARIDON and JAMES H. WEAVER, citizens of the respectively, at

and at Wadsworth, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Boxing Matches, of

which the following is a full, clear,.and exact description. i

This case is a division ofour case filed April 4, 1913, Serial No. 758,989, made in accordance with the requirement of the Patent Ofiice.

The invention thus divided out relates to the shucking or sliding mechanism, samebeing the mechanism for assemblingthe filled mechanism,

1 ing from thc'left' of Fig. 2.- Fig. 4 is-a' traysv and their shucks or covers. v

In the accompanyingl drawings illustrating the invention, in t e several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a' plan view of the sliding for applying the shock .to the and a part of the tray carrier. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion :of the sliding mechanism including the shuckcarrier. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation looksectional elevation, on a larger scale of the upper right hand part of Fig. 3, s owing the parts in full lines in position to unite the tray and shuck and showing these parts in dotted lines in -position when the tray and shuck are united and moved over into the shuck carrier to be discharged; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shuck hold-down: Fig. 6 is a top plan .view of the parts shown in Fig. 4, some of the upper members being broken ,out'to expose those beneath, the parts beingin the full-line posit-ion of Fig.4, Fig.

7 is a perspective view of the throat gmema trough leading from the tray feeding.

I mechan sm; 4: is a gravity' pu'sh finger for moving I the tray from thetrough to the tray carrier; 5 is a feed chain on which the push finger is mounted; and 6 is a rod pivotally connected with a reciprocating push ,bar 7, pivoted toiit'crank-arm 8,which may be actuatedin any suitable way, or as hereinafter described with reference to Fig. 3.

The sliding mechanism of this case comprises an endless shuck carrier located at or near one end of the table 2 at its side, and built up of shuck holders 9 havin the parallel side flanges 10 and open en s, to receive the shacks, and the standards 11, the horizontalbases of which standards are provided with transversely arranged gear teeth 12, and these bases are connected by similarly toothed links 13. The shuck carrier, made'up ofthese holders and links in endless chain form, is mounted upon olygonal idler drums 14, suitably mounts on the table, and it is driven by a mutilated gear wheel 15 which derives motion by bevel gearing 16 from a shaft 17, which in turn is connected with any suitable source of power. The'shucks are placed in the holders 9 in any suitable way, by hand or other wise. The shuck carrier is timed to move synchronously with the tray carrier, so as topresent the shucks 8, one at a time, opposite the filled trays t.

n. 'will be'understood that both the tray car 'ier' and the shuck carrier have an intertnit ent or step-by-step motion, and as these carriers halt, they present tiny-tray and shuck opposite a throat-piece 18, Fig. '7, into which is moved and held while the tray is inserted into "e shuck. This throat-piece comprises a base 19 fastened to the table and having vertically disposedch'eek-pieces 20, and to' these cheek pieces are screwed the bracketsfil having the inwardly beveled rearwardly extended cheek-pieces22 of less width than the cheekpieces :20, .so as toleave vertically disposed stop shoulders 23 facing in the direction of the movingjshuck, so as to arrest or stop the shuckat theproper place and in the correct .position to be entered by the tray. The cheek pieees 22 vcorrect the alinement of any-shacks, that maybe askew in the enter the throat-p ece in alinementwith the tray. The cheek-pieces 2 0 are likewise bev eled insthefdirection of the approaching 'tray, a'ndsim l y s rv tqjcoi'rect' any holders -andt straighten them out so as to ,throat-piece, substantially as shown in Fig.

"upward movement of the tongue 24.

pushed off of its holder into the shuck, and

5 ready to be carried'forward or discharged.

the tray steady, with its contents intact, as

prise anarm 35 which is pivotally mounted askewness of the trays and center them in i the thrmit-pic e in alinement with the SlllHh'. i all as shown lllul'C mrticularly'in Fig. (i.

From the brackets 21 depends a tongue 24 g with a tip that projects into the near i open end of the shuck to insure the openness of the shuck and to guide the tray into the, shuck. This tongue is ')refe1;'ably pivot all -.;mounted so as; to swing awayfrom the shuclt' and be caught by the approaching tray and by it lifted into the open end of the shuck to insure the entrance of the tray intotho shuck. The brackets 21 may be further connected by a crossbar 26 and this cross-bar may be used to prevent the undue The push bar 7, which actuates the feed chain, has its forward end depressed, as at 27, and'provided with a" vertically disposed shoulder 28; and said'bfar is also provided with a cam block 29 which coiiperates with a roller 30 mounted on the bracket 31 fast to the table, so that ast'he crank-arm 8 is vibrated, the bar 7 will'have a longitudinal reciprocating motion, and as its cam block 29 rides over the roller 30, the shoulder 28 will be dropped into line with the tray on the tray carrier, and upon a further movement in the same direction, the tray will be the shuck with the tray inclosed will, by further movement ofthe bar in the same direction, be pushed. over {and substantially centered in the holder :oftlieshuck carrier.

The forward end of the depressed portion 27 carries a tongue 32 which as th'ebar 7 drops over the roller 30, comes down on top of and covers the tray full of matches, and holds the tray is being pushed beneath the tongue 24 into the shack. The bar 7 may'drop by its own weight, but it is preferable to use forceto cause it to drop. A simple means to this end is a spring-pressed roller 33, mounted upon a stand 34 rising from the frame,-see Figs. 1 and 3.

The 'cotiperating shuck-moving parts comupon the upper end of a lever 36 mounted on a stud 37 and vibrated by a cam 38 on the shaft 39. This arm -is supported at its outer end by a yoke 40 which straddles the 2, and said arm is held against vertical movement in the yoke by means of a plate 41 attached to the yoke beneath said arm. The outer end of this arm is provided with a push piece Straddling the-outer end of'this arm is a yoke 43, and this yoke is car-- ried by a. spring 44 bent around the knuckle of the arm 35 as shown in Fig. 3, or screwed to said arm as shown in Fig. 4, or otherwise mounted so as to move back and forth with the arm.; The spring 44 carries an inclined direction, the block 45 will ride=oif of the incline 40 allowing the resiliency of the spring to operate to lower the yoke 43. As soon as the lever 36 is moved to the left, Figs. 3 and 4, from the position shown in full lines, Fig. 3, and the camblock 45 moves down the incline4G to substantially the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4, then the yoke 43 will descend into position to engage the shack and hold it down in its holder in the shuck carrier, and at the same time the push piece 44 will come intoend en gagement with the shock, and then, by

further movement of the arm 35 to the left,

the shuck will be moved into the throatpiece, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and arrested there while the tray, by the further movement of they bar 7 toward the right, is i moved into the shuck. When thisis accomplished the lever 36 begins its return movement toward the right, and the bar 7 continues its motion to the rightand the assembled tray and slide are moved over centrallyof the shock carrier, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and ready to'be carried forward for discharge ontothe conveyer, whence it is ready for the wrapper.

The yoke 43 may be provided with any convenient means for grasping the shuck. and as shown in Figs. 4 and5, its lower ends may be provided with the beveled pieces 47 which engage the sides ofthe shack and the transversely arranged pieces 48 which may be provided with beveled edgcs'of sufficient sharpness'to bite the edges of the shock and hold it definit ely' jn place while the tray isbeing inserted in it, andv to assist: in its movement into and out of the throat. i

The yoke '43 with its appurtenances herein referred to as a hold-down, because of itsfunctions in positioning and retaining the shuck in the sliding operation.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2. a convcyer trough 49 may be arranged at the discharge e nd of the shuck carrier into which theas sembled parts may be discharged from such carrier. This convcyer is located slightly above the level of and in line with (lie slide carrier; and in order to insure'the discharge of the filled and covered boxes fron'ithc shack carrier,'inclined ways 50 are located on' opposite sides of the shack carrier beneath and in line with the oppositely projecting ends of the shucks in said carrier, so that as said carrier advances the boxes toward the conveyor 49, these boxes. are gradw ally lifted out of the shack holders by said inclined ways, and the succeeding boxes push those in advance on to the conveyor,

holders are not as long as whence they may be taken by an attendant and wrapped-or packed.

Since both the tray holders and the shuck the trays and shocks, these box elements extend beyond their respective holders, and thus have free adjacent ends for assembly purposes,

As shown more particularly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, guards5l of substantially Z shape in cross-section are arranged along opposite sides of the tray carrier in advance of the sliding mechanism, and these guards/serve the double urpose, first, of holding the trays central y within the holders between the point where the usual protection strips .are applied over the matches in the trays and the point where the sliding is done, and

second, guarding the ends of the moving holder so as to prevent the operators fingers from being caught between the moving parts and the stationary parts of the machine near which the links of the tray carrier pass.

As already stated, the crank arm 8 may be actuated'in any suitable way, but referring to Fig. 3, this arm may be fixed to a rockshaft having a rocker-arm 53 in roller engagement with a cam 54 on the shaft 39.

As already sutiiciently indicated, we do not limit our invention to structural details excepting as these but our invention consists rather when filled are supplied with their approfor assembling the filled trays and their shacks, including in combination with an endless traveling tray carrier provided with a series of connected individual tray holders, an endless traveling shuck carrier arranged parallel to the tray carrier and provided with a series of connected individual shuck holders, means interposed between these carriers to aline the trays and the shucks, and means arranged at right angles to the carriers to transfer the filled trays successively into the shucks.

2. In a match machine, sliding mechanism for assembling the filled trays and their shucks, including in combination with an endless traveling tray carrier provided with a series of connected individual tray holders, an endless traveling shuck carrier arranged pa 'allel to the tray carrier and provided with a series of connected individual shuck holders, means for positively gripping and detaining the shacks 'in the shuck carrier one at a time, and means for inserting a filled tray into the detained shuck.

3. In a match machine, sliding mechanism for assembling the filled trays and their shacks, including, in combination. with an ranged side by side,

are specifically claimed,

in the principles of structure whereby the trays I L e'n dless ,ti'aveling tray carrier provided with a serie "of connected individual tray holders, ai; endless traveling shuck carrier arranged ,parallel to the tray carrier and provided with a series of connected individual shuck holders, a reciprocating pusher arm arranged transversely to the carriers and adapted to aet'successivelyupon the shacks in the shuck carrier, and a reciprocating tongue and tray pusher also arranged transversely to the carriers and adapted to act uponthe filled trays in the tray carrier successively for assembling the trays and shacks. I

t. In a match machine, the combination of a tray carrier and a shuck carrier armeans "to move these carriers in the same direction intermittently, a throat piece interposed between the earriers, and means to move a tray' from the tray carrier and a shuck from the shuck carrier substantially simultaneously into the said throatpiece, said throat piece serving to aline the tray and shuck, the tray moving means beingcapable of further movement in the same direction to insert the tray within the shuck.

5. In a match machine, the combination of a tray carrier and a shuck carrier arranged side by side, means to n'iove'these carriers in the same direction intermittently, a throat piece interposed between the carriers, and means to move a tray from the tray carrier and a shuck from the shuck carrier substantially simultaneously intothe said throat piece, said throat piece serving to aline the tray and shuck, the tray moving means being capable of further movement in the same direction to insert the tray within the shuck, said tray moving means capable of still further movement for moving the assembled tray and shuck out of the throat piece and into a position on the shuck carrier that will admit of their removal from the machine.

6. In a match machine, the combination of a tray carrier and a shuck carrier arranged side by side, means to more these carriers in the same direction intermittently,

a throat piece interposed between the'car-- riers, and'ineans to move a tray from thetray carrier and a shuck from the shuck carrier substantially simultaneously into the' said throat piece, said throat piece serving to aline the tray and shuck, the tray moving means being capable of further: movement in the same direction to'insert the tray within the shuck, said shuck moving means including a shuck hold-down for holding the shuck against movement while the tray is being inserted.

7. In a match machine, the combination of a tray carrier and a shuck'fcarri'er arranged side by side, means to'iniove these carriers in the same direction intermittently,

shuck carrier arranged side by side, of an interposed stationary throat piece having cheek-pieces to aline the tray and shuck they are moved into the said throat piece, and means to move said tray and shuck toward each other. 20

9. In a match machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrier and a traveling shock carrier, of a throat piece adapte'd'to aline the tray and shuek as they are moved toward each other, a shack opener arranged in said throat piece, and a reciprmxating member having a tongue for holding down the matches in the tray and a shoulder for moving said tray into the shiick.

10. In a match machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrier and a traveling shnck carrier, of a throat piece adaptedto aline the tray and shuck as they are moved toward each other, a shuck opener arranged in said throat piece, a reciprocating member having a tongue for holding down the matchcs in the tray and a shoulder for moving said tray into the shuelc, and means to hold the shuck in position in the throat piece while the tray is being insert ed into said shuclc. 7

1'1. lira match ,machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrie and a traveling shack carrier arranged side by side, interposed means to aline the tray and shuck for assembly purposes, and a shuck moving element comprising a longitudinally recipro-- eating arm, a s mug-supported hold-down carried by saidarm and moving with it and adapted to engage the shack, and means to permit said hold-down to engage the shuck aml to etiect its disengagement.

12. In a match machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrier and a traveling shock carrier arranged side by side, inter prsed means to aline the tray and shuck For assembly pi'irposes, and a'shuck moving element comprising a longitudinally reciproaling arm having a push piece. to en the outer end of the shock, a spring ported hold-down carried by said arm and moving With it, and means to permit said hold-down to grasp the shuck and thereafter to release it. i

' 13. In a match machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrier and a traveling shuck carrier, of a throat piece adapted to alinc the tray and shuck as they are moved toward each other, a shuck opener arranged in said throat piece, a rcciprocatin member having a tongue for holding down the matches in'the tray and a shoulder for moving said tray into the shack, and means to hold the shack in position in the throat piece while the tray is being inserted into said shuek, including a hold down provided with means to engage the sides of the shack and additional mcansto engage the top of the shock.

14. In a match machine, the combination with a traveling tray carrier and a traveling shuek carrier arranged side by side, interposed means to aline the tray and shuck for assembly purposes, and a shuck moving element comprising a longitudinally reciproeating arm having a push piece to engage the outer end of the shuclz, a wring-support-ed hold-down carried by said arm and moving with it and adapted to engage the shuck, a stationary incline, and a complementary inclined block carried by the spring andcooperating with said stationary incline to raise and lower the hold-down.

15, In a match machine, a sliding mechanism for use in assembling the shucks and trays, including 'an endless chain of holders, polygonal drums on Which they are mounted and over Which they travel, and interengaging toothed parts arranged respectively upon the endless chain of holders and a driver therefor for intermittently moving" the endless chain of holders.

16. In a match machine, sliding mccha nism including a series of holders and a series of connecting links united in an end less chain, the holders and links provided with teeth, polygonal drums on which said endless chain is mounted, and a mutilated intermittently driving gear coopcratingwith the teeth on the holders and links for moving the endless chain over the drums.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set 'our'lnm'dsthis 21st day of July A. D. 1913.

MICHAEL PAYRIDON. JAMES I*T...-VVEAVER. Vitndsses i J. A; CRUMRINE,

S. M. BECK.

Corrections in Letters Patent N0. 1 ,086'g332 It is hereby eertified that in Letters Pateht'No. 1308633 32, granted Febniary 3 1914, 1pon the applicatiozi of Michael Paridon, of Barbrton, and Jamei s H. Weaver, of Wadsworth, Ohio, for an impqqveu ient, in Machines fer Bexing Matches,

a-01's appear in the printed specification requiring correction as followst Page 4,

line 108., strike out the word intermittehtly-- same e, line 109, hfter the vtord a v P v for insert the wdrd intefmittently and that the said Letters Patent 'sho lti be 1 ead with these box-motions therein that the same may conform to the reeord of the case in the Patent Ofli ce. I

Signed and sailed this 17th day of Februar 1)., 1914;

' J. 1. NEWTON,

Acting Oomn'ziasz'omr of Patents.

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